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LITERARY NEW YORK

Its Landmarks and Associations

by

CHARLES HEMSTREET

With 65 Illustrations

G.P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1903

Copyright, 1903 by Charles Hemstreet

Published, November, 1903

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

From the painting by L.W. SEAVEY.]

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WRITERS OF NEW AMSTERDAM 1

II. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION 25

III. THE POET OF THE REVOLUTION 45

IV. IN THE DAYS OF THOMAS PAINE 67

V. THE CITY THAT IRVING KNEW 87

VI. WITH PAULDING, DRAKE, AND HALLECK 106

VII. COOPER AND HIS FRIENDS 125

VIII. THOSE WHO GATHERED ABOUT POE 145

IX. AT THE CLOSE OF THE KNICKERBOCKER DAYS 167

X. HALF A CENTURY AGO 189

XI. TWO FAMOUS MEETING-PLACES 209

XII. SOME OF THE WRITERS OF TO-DAY 230

Full-Page Illustrations

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THE "HALF MOON" ON THE HUDSON, 1609 _Frontispiece_
From the painting by L.W. Seavey.

THE STADT HUYS 8

BROAD STREET, 1642 30

KING'S COLLEGE, ABOUT 1773 42

THE DEBTORS' PRISON 48

WILLIAM SMITH } PETER STUYVESANT } PHILIP FRENEAU } 60 THOMAS PAINE } JOEL BARLOW }

THE FIRST TAMMANY WIGWAM, CORNER NASSAU AND
SPRUCE STREETS 70

MAP OF STREETS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1827 76

JAMES KIRKE PAULDING } PHILIP HONE } WASHINGTON IRVING } 100 JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE } FITZ-GREENE HALLECK } J. FENIMORE COOPER }

THE PARK THEATRE, PARK ROW, 1831 136

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD } JOHN JAMES AUDUBON } WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT } 150 BAYARD TAYLOR } EDGAR ALLAN POE } ROBERT FULTON }

POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM 158
From a drawing by C.W. Mielatz, by permission.
Copyright, 1899, by The Society of Iconophiles.

THE BATTERY IN 1830 164
From a drawing by C. Burton.

THE APOLLO ROOMS IN 1830 170

VIEW OF OLD BUILDINGS IN WILLIAM STREET,
LOOKING TOWARDS MAIDEN LANE, 1800 182

W.D. HOWELLS } J.G. HOLLAND } RICHARD GRANT WHITE } 200 BRANDER MATTHEWS } WILLIAM WINTER } From an engraving of the picture by J.H. Marble; courtesy of W.E. Benjamin.

Illustrations in the Text

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SEAL OF NEW AMSTERDAM 1

EARLY DUTCH HOUSES 2

THE WALL AND GATE 5

AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE 6

STUYVESANT'S "WHITEHALL" 8

ALONG THE STRAND 9

DE SILLE'S HOUSE 14

A WOMAN'S COSTUME, NEW AMSTERDAM 16

STUYVESANT'S BOUWERIE HOUSE 20

THE CHURCH IN THE FORT 21

CAPTAIN KIDD'S HOUSE 23

THE CHURCH CALLED TRINITY 34

"THE NEW-YORK GAZETTE" 39

THE COLLECT 48

THE BRITISH PRISON-SHIP 53

THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH 55

FRAUNCES' TAVERN 62

BROAD STREET AND FEDERAL HALL 63

RICHMOND HILL 64

THE CORNER STONE OF THE PARK THEATRE 69

THE POST OFFICE, WILLIAM STREET 78

GOLDEN HILL INN 88

ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, BEEKMAN ST. 89

THE CITY HOTEL 101

THE HOUSE OF ASTOR, WHERE IRVING WROTE "ASTORIA" 102

WHERE IRVING LIVED, 17TH STREET AND IRVING PLACE 104

THE SHAKESPEARE TAVERN 120

THE JUMEL MANSION 123

WASHINGTON HALL 132

ON BLOOMINGDALE ROAD, NEAR 75TH STREET, IN POE'S TIME 147

THE HOUSE IN CARMINE STREET 149

WHERE POE WROTE "THE RAVEN" 157

MUSEUM AT THE NORTH END OF THE PARK, 1825 170

NIBLO'S GARDEN 171

AUDUBON'S HOME, 156TH STREET AND NORTH RIVER 193

CLEMENT C. MOORE'S HOUSE, CHELSEA 196

THE UNIVERSITY BUILDING 219

THE STUDIO BUILDING IN WEST 10TH STREET 221

53 EAST 20TH STREET 223

10 WEST STREET 232

WHERE "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES" WAS WRITTEN 237

146 MACDOUGAL STREET 239

108 WAVERLY PLACE 240

RICHARD GRANT WHITE'S HOME 241

WHERE RICHARD HENRY STODDARD DIED 243

WHERE THE AUTHORS' CLUB WAS ORGANIZED 244

HORACE GREELEY'S HOME 245

THE BEEKMAN MANSION 249

LAWRENCE HUTTON'S HOUSE 252

DE KAY'S HOUSE, LONDON TERRACE 254

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